Nīlamaṇi nainana para balihāra.

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2Nīlamaṇi nainana para balihāra.

3ina nainana rasa jānati-nīke, shrī vṛishabhānu dulāra.

4tīna raṅga shvetimā aruṇimā, arū kālimā nihāra.

5ḍūba na jāya rasika nainana rasa, yāte palaka vihāra.

6palakani ūpara aṭapaṭa naṭakhaṭa,bhṛikuṭi kāma dhanu dhāra.

7jaba tirachhe nainana bānana soṁ, mārata nandakumāra.

8taba ‘Kṛipālu’ shiva bane shivānī, kaha ‘hā prāṇādhāra’.

9A rasika saint beholding the love-intoxicated beautiful eyes of

10Shrī Kṛishṇa surrenders his whole being and says. ‘Only

11Shrī Vṛishabhānunandinī Rādhā experiences the special love-nectar of

12these eyes. Shyāmasundara’s eyes have three different colours. The

13centre is all white, the corners of His eyes are red and His pupils are

14black. The eyelids on top obstruct the rasika saints from totally drowning

15in the fathomless nectar-filled ocean of Divine Love. These eyelids rise

16and fall repeatedly sometimes allowing the eyes to be seen and sometimes

17concealing the love-nectar of these eyes from the gaze of the viewer.

18The eyebrows on top appear to be the shape of the bow of Kāmadeva

19(Cupid). Shyāmasundara mounts the arrow of His side-long loving glance

20on His bow-like eyebrows and aims it at the desired goal. Even Lord

21Shiva, wounded by this piercing loving glance helplessly transforms

22himself to a female form (Shivānī) and falls unconscious in ecstasy

23longing and sighing for Shyāmasundara.’